Case Studies in Global Health Policy Nursing unpacks key global health issues and analyzes the surrounding health care policies and their impact through case studies. Designed specifically for graduate nursing students, this text explores the implications of global initiatives designed to eradicate disease and promote physical and mental health.

Table of Contents

• Contributors
• Foreword - Lorna Kendrick, PhD, PMHCNS-BC
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• PART I: General Topics
• 1. Policy Implications for Global Health - Jeri A. Milstead
• 2. Pandemics, Epidemics, and Outbreaks: Health Policy Research Priorities - Jessica Ellis, Mary de Chesnay, Genie E. Dorman, and Adriana Caldwell
• 3. Healthcare Policy: Funding for Immigrants and Refugees - Brenda Brown
• 4. From International Physician to U.S. Nurse Practitioner: Multiple Life History Study - Krisola Marcano, Charlotte Ndema, Nancy Martinez, and Jennifer Azelton
• PART II: Exemplars of Health Policy in Specific Countries
• 5. Localization of the Nursing Workforce in the Sultanate of Oman - Christie Emerson
• 6. Perspectives of Culture and Chronic Disease in the United Arab Emirates - Jennifer Cooper and Sharon Brownie
• 7. Infection Control in Sierra Leone: A Global Issue - Elizabeth Holguin
• 8. HIV and Male Circumcision in Swaziland - Kevin R. Mallinson and Bongani T. Sibandze
• 9. Providing Access to Clean Water in Rural Nicaragua: A Qualitative Case Study - Johnathan D. Steppe and Mari-Amanda Dyal
• PART III: Exemplars of Health Policy Related to Specific Conditions
• 10. Global Health for Transgender Individuals - Amy P. Roach
• 11. Human Trafficking and Global Health Issues - Donna Sabella and Mary de Chesnay
• 12. Global Trends in Criminalizing HIV Nondisclosure: Implications for Nursing Practice - Jennifer M. Kilty, Evelina W Sterling and Portia D Thomas
• 13. Global Health Policy Considerations: Autism Spectrum Disorder - M'Lyn Spinks